conviviality

[ kuhn-viv-ee-al-i-tee ]

noun

1. a friendly or agreeable quality:

   We owe our enthusiasm to the business people who share their craft and knowledge with such camaraderie, conviviality, and community spirit.

2. feasting, drinking, and merry company:

   I’m teaching these folks the so-called civilized way of celebrating Christmas, so we'll have two days of conviviality, complete with wine and plum brandy.

3. a festive quality:

   There will be live music, arts and crafts, storytelling, and a general air of conviviality that will charm the hardest of souls.

Other Words From

• non·con·viv·i·al·i·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of conviviality¹

convivial ( def ) + -ity ( def )

Example Sentences

The Danish community was a wonderful way to grow up, with folk-dance classes and parties and such conviviality — all those smoking Danes, cigars up the wazoo, the whole place filled with smoke!

From Seattle Times

He enjoyed the conviviality, however foreign it was to him.

From Salon

But I have had some of the richest experiences of companionability and conviviality at George's table, breaking bread.

From BBC

Afterward, buoyed by conviviality, a few of my classmates and I drove around all night, talking and smoking.

From Los Angeles Times

For example, recent research explains how “conviviality,” or the “friendliness” of a space, is more challenging to foster in a car-centric environment.

From Scientific American